Climate Change: Picturing the Science

by Gavin Schmidt, Gavin Schmidt, Joshua Wolfe

Going beyond the headlines, this work by leading NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt and master photographer Joshua Wolfe illustrates as never before the ramifications of shifting climate. Photographic spreads show retreating glaciers, sinking villages in Alaska’s tundra, and drying lakes. The text follows adventurous scientists through the ice caps at the poles to the coral reefs of the tropical seas. Marshaling data spanning centuries and continents, the book sparkles with cutting-edge research and visual records, including contributions from experts on atmospheric science, oceanography, paleoclimatology, technology, politics, and the polar regions. As Jeffrey D. Sachs writes in his powerful foreword, “Climate Change is a tour de force of public education.”

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Climate Change, Environment, Nature

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 2009

Reviews

[SharlG · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book read like a text book. The science is there. There are some suggestions to help reverse climate change, but I don't feel that the gravity of the situation has been truly expressed in this book.

[Ptrav · Rating 2 out of 5]

The pictures are excellent. The text is rubbish. Two stars for photos.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good general educational resource sums up many areas of study. For the raw science, citations are contained within the text or some digging needs to be done.

"There is a world of difference between being ahead of your time and being unwilling or unable to accept a view that has been vindicated by decades of scientific work. It is the difference between being innovative and being stubborn, between a maverick and a mule." - Naomi Oreskes pg. 154

[Curtis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not finished. Just gave up. Too dry a read for me.

[Laurie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent and interesting summation of climate data.